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[Quickbeam]

We should look for a CoC game to all play in together.

I thoroughly agree!!

BTW, what the heck is Kobolds Ate My Baby?!? It sounds like a whole lot of good clean fun, but please elaborate.

 

[Barendd Nobeard]

I thoroughly agree!!

BTW, what the heck is Kobolds Ate My Baby?!? It sounds like a whole lot of good clean fun, but please elaborate.

It is a "beer and pretzels RPG." Basically, you play a kobold. Kobolds love to eat human babies. You must get human babies for King Torg (ALL HAIL KING TORG!) or be thrown into the stewpot instead. There are lots of silly rules and abilities which make the game fun. For example, whenever anyone says 'King Torg' (ALL HAIL KING TORG!) all the players have to shout "ALL HAIL KING TORG!" (ALL HAIL KING TORG!) or face a roll on the death chart.

Of course, I can't find my rule books to quote more KAMB goodness at you. But one of the supplements has items like The Thrice Accursed Spoon of Madness and Despair. Another supplement has the trait "Chicken Lycanthropy" which kobolds might have (if they were pecked by a were-chicken).

Part of the run revolves around things that the player must do to roleplay an in-game benefit or drawback. If you turn into a were-chicken for 1d6 rounds, the player must cluck and/or flap their arms the entire time.

Now, having played this game only once, and only at GenCon, I came to the conclusion that this game is only fun to play at conventions, where all the yelling really annoys other gamers.

 

[Quickbeam]

Sounds amusing for a drunken party game...where does one get the rules? Moving back to CoC and other more mainstream RPGs, are there any other games we should sign up for together? I'd vote for any game where I can play a Tordek-like dwarf and comment on how other people's families disgust me !!

 

[Barendd Nobeard]

Sounds amusing for a drunken party game...where does one get the rules? Moving back to CoC and other more mainstream RPGs, are there any other games we should sign up for together? I'd vote for any game where I can play a Tordek-like dwarf and comment on how other people's families disgust me !!

Exactly. KAMB is made by 9th Level Games. They've been at the past few GenCons (they even have a new d20 "3rd edition" of KAMB). As their web site explains:

A few years ago, over a few (too many) pints - Dan Landis and Chris O'Neill made a bet with a friend that they could make a role-playing game about Kobolds. A few years later, 9th Level Games is still kickin' and making bad jokes.

I'm not sure what I'll play at GenCon this year. Depends on what's offered, but I'll do Living Death, maybe some Living Greyhawk, and definitely some Call of Cthulhu. Other than that, I'm open to suggestions. We could always enter the "D&D Open" and see how far we advance (if at all).

 

[CaptainCalico]

no joy yet

5 days to go and still no preview of the event listings. I did see an official notice on the GCLLC site though: Event listings will be available online before event registration begins, no exact date has been established by the programmers. They will be posted definitely on April 14.

I'm hoping for at least the weekend, but who knows....

 

[Quickbeam]

Re: no joy yet

5 days to go and still no preview of the event listings. I did see an official notice on the GCLLC site though: Event listings will be available online before event registration begins, no exact date has been established by the programmers. They will be posted definitely on April 14.

I'm hoping for at least the weekend, but who knows....

I'm right there with you. Patience may be a virtue, but it's not one that I possess in any large quantity -- which is why I'm the hasty Ent .

 

[Mark]

I've been trying to keep my eyes open for it. If someone notices they've put them up before I do, please bump the thread and drop me an Email so I can change the thread subject line as soon as can be. (Thanks in advance!)

 

[Gallo22]

First Time Going

Hi folks. I have to say this is my first time to Gen Con and I can't wait. I've been gaming for 28 plus years and I finally got a chance to go. I went to Origins last year for the first time and had a ball. I can only assume Gen Con will be more so. I hope I get a chance to meet some of you!!

Gallo22

 

[CaptainCalico]

No word on event listings yet, but they do have the Media Guests of Honor up. I never really pay much attention to that side of things but, with this lineup, that could change this year. (Jason Carter )

 

[diaglo]

Traci Lords....should i bring some of my old collection to get her autograph.